Tree with hard berry/seed and unknown yellow wildflower.

The tree looks like a Celtis of some type (Hackberry), but it has small, hard-as-a-rock berries/seeds with a felt-like covering that hang from a pod shaped structure. This is something I haven't seen before and I'm not sure what it is. The second set of photos is for yellow wildflowers growing by a creek in deep woods. I didn't have my camera with me at the time so I took a plant to identify later. It appears to have four petals per flower.

 

The first one is Tilia, Linden Tree. I don't know the species.

 

Thanks. I got a match when I searched for Tilia.

 

It looks like a basswood....Tilia americana

 

Hard to tell for sure, but the last one might be an asteraceae. Maybe a Solidago.

 

Yep, thats what my Fender acoustic is made from, and the reason I named her Tilly!

 

I've identified Basswood before, but the leaf sizes were much larger and the shape was slightly different. Also, since I've never seen Linden in flower before, that threw me off as well.

 

The plant has no odor at all and it's about 1 ft tall. It also is growing in the woods instead of in open areas. If it's a Solidago, it's a different species from the others that grow here.

 

http://www.restoringthelandscape.com/2011_10_01_archive.html
Blue Stemmed Goldenrod ~ Solidago caesia (Wreath Goldenrod)?

 

Yes. It certainly matches all the characteristics described in the link. It looks much different from other Solidago species growing around here. I'm sure that's it! Thanks.

P.S. Two similar goldenrods are Downy Goldenrod (Solidago puberula) and Zigzag Goldenrod (S. flexicaulis), but this plant had smooth arching stems, where S. puberula doesn't arch, lives in dry areas, and has a hairy stem; and S. flexicaulis has a zig-zag stem.

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/bl_goldenrod.htm